DePew, Kevin Eric “Through the Eyes of Researchers, Rhetors, and Audiences”

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In his article, McKeon discusses the importance of creating a new rhetoric that acts as a productive architectonic art rather than a subordinate art.  He says, “If rhetoric is to be used to contribute to the formation of the culture of the modern world, it should function productively in the resolution of new problems and architectonically in the formation of new inclusive communities” (127).  McKeon argued that in order to deal with the changes in an age of technology, we must develop a new rhetoric that is productive in solving problems and communicating solutions.  He states, “[the new rhetoric] should be adapted to [man’s] individual development and to their contribution to forming a common field in which the subject of inquiry is not how to devise means to achieve accepted end arranged in hierarchies but the calculation of uses and applications that might be made of the vastly increased available means in order to devise new ends and to eliminate oppositions and segregations based on past competitions for scarce means” (144).  He believes that in this technological era, rhetoric must bridge the gap between logos and techne (135).
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In his article, Kevin Eric DePew discussed the ways in which the digital writing situation can be and is researched.  He primarily discusses two different methods: Triangulation and Text Analysis.  He describes triangulation to be a “‘complex process of playing each method off against the other,’” which he believes “‘maximizes the validity of the field efforts’” (53).  DePew discusses four different instances of digital writing research and the methods used to conduct the research.  Within each section, DePew discusses how effective each method was and what it lacked.  DePew believes, “By adopting these triangulation methods, the researcher connects with those who are actually using the writing technologies” (66).  By simply using a text analysis method, the researcher incorporates his or her own response to the text which may be completely different from the users.  He states, “Textual analysis strategies prove to be problematic in that they eliminate or de-emphasize the human feature of digital writing” (67).

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In his article, Kevin Eric DePew discussed the ways in which the digital writing situation can be and is researched. He primarily discusses two different methods: Triangulation and Text Analysis. He describes triangulation to be a “‘complex process of playing each method off against the other,’” which he believes “‘maximizes the validity of the field efforts’” (53). DePew discusses four different instances of digital writing research and the methods used to conduct the research. Within each section, DePew discusses how effective each method was and what it lacked. DePew believes, “By adopting these triangulation methods, the researcher connects with those who are actually using the writing technologies” (66). By simply using a text analysis method, the researcher incorporates his or her own response to the text which may be completely different from the users. He states, “Textual analysis strategies prove to be problematic in that they eliminate or de-emphasize the human feature of digital writing” (67).

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